Oct. 29, 2012

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina cross country team is ranked No. 9 in the final regular-season United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Southeast Regional rankings, the USTFCCCA announced Monday.

The Gamecocks remained in the rankings after a ninth-place showing at the SEC Championships last Friday at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tenn. All of South Carolina’s top-five finishers recorded personal records, with freshman Kayla Lampe leading the way. Lampe earned second team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman Team honors by finishing 13th with a PR of 21:02.30. Senior Chelsea France finished 23rd with a PR of 21:23.67, while freshman Mary Fouse (22:04.86, 64th), sophomore Meredith Mill (22:28.31, 85th) and junior Penny Boswell (22:28.51, 86th) also recorded 6K personal records.

The Gamecocks will now turn their focus to the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, which will be held on Nov. 9 at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, N.C. The meet is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m.

USTFCCCA Southeast Regional RankingsRank    School      Location         Conference  Last Week1   Duke        Durham, N.C.         ACC     12   William & Mary  Williamsburg, Va.    Colonial    23   NC State    Raleigh, N.C.        ACC     34   Kentucky    Lexington, Ky.       SEC     55   North Carolina  Chapel Hill, N.C.    ACC     46   Virginia    Charlottesville, Va. ACC     67   Clemson     Clemson, S.C.        ACC     78   James Madison   Harrisonburg, Va.    Colonial    119   South Carolina  Columbia, S.C.       SEC     810  Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C.  ACC     NR11  Virginia Tech   Blacksburg, Va.      ACC     912  Appalachian St. Boone, N.C.      Southern    1013  Elon        Elon, N.C.       Southern    1214  Eastern Ky. Richmond, Ky.        Ohio Valley NR15  Liberty     Lynchburg, Va.       Big South   13